However, please let us know the outcome.

Thanks,
Jerrie

Jerrie Clarke
Contract Collection Manager
Nevada, Utah, Alaska -- so far


--- David Harvey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Meredith,
> 
> Without seeing this object it is awfully hard to
> judge what is going
> on - it could just be a really heavy parafin coating
> (wax) or many
> layers of a degraded organic oil or something else.
> Since you said
> that it turned sticky then I'm leaning towards some
> sort of wax. The
> fact that the mineral spirits did have an affect
> also suggests
> possible wax. The degraded organic oil that I found
> on that stove top
> figure hard was extremely hard and really did not
> soften or swell
> appreciably.
> 
> Adding wax over a sticky surface will just make it
> worse.
> 
> Why don't you send me some digital photos of this
> thing with some
> close-ups of the area where you have tested the
> mineral spirits and
> we'll pursue some other ideas off of the list.
> 
> I know that my many friends and colleagues on here
> are probably
> fascinated by all of this but sometimes the
> back-and-forth
> communication about an object needs to be more
> focused without 3000
> people listening in.
> 
> Cheers!
> Dave
> 
> Conservator
> Los Angeles
> 
>
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